The Effects of Prednisolone Treatment on Cytokine Expression in Patients with Erythema Nodosum Leprosum Reactions

The Effects of Prednisolone Treatment on Cytokine Expression in Patients with Erythema Nodosum Leprosum Reactions

Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a systemic inflammatory complication occurring mainly in patients with lepromatous leprosy (LL) and borderline lepromatous leprosy. Prednisolone is widely used for treatment of ENL reactions but clinical improvement varies. However, there is little good in vivo dat...

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Main Authors: Edessa Negera, Stephen L. Walker, Kidist Bobosha, Yonas Bekele, Birtukan Endale, Azeb Tarekegn, Markos Abebe, Abraham Aseffa, Hazel M. Dockrell, Diana N. Lockwood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
cytokines
erythema nodosum leprosum
leprosy
prednisolone
reaction
treatment
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00189/full

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